MediaFaro News Digest<p>EU and UK fine carmakers millions over recycling cartel.</p><p>Fifteen major car manufacturers have been fined almost €600 million by the European Commission and the British government after Mercedes-Benz blew the whistle on a cartel that fixed car recycling costs and processes.</p><p>The carmakers had entered into anti-competitive agreements to prevent competition on the stripping, scrapping and recycling of old cars.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250401-eu-and-uk-fine-carmakers-millions-over-recycling-cartel?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250401</span><span class="invisible">-eu-and-uk-fine-carmakers-millions-over-recycling-cartel?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/CarManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarManufacturers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Automotive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automotive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Cartel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cartel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a></p>